On the morning of 6 March 2016, Anba Antonios, Metropolitan of the Jerusalem and the Near East, held the first mass at Resurrection Church in occupied Jerusalem after being enthroned.
The city of Jerusalem witnessed yesterday the ceremony of enthronement of the new Metropolitan Anba Antonios, amid joy, and presence of a large number of bishops, representatives of the churches and the Ambassador of Egypt, His Eminence also visited the tomb of Anba Abraham late metropolitan of Jerusalem.